Erica mackaiana x tetralix = E. x stuartii (Macfarl.) Mast.
(a heath)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species hybrid	Erica mackaiana x tetralix = E. x stuartii (a heath)
Genus	Erica (bell heathers)
Family	ERICACEAE (heaths, heathers, rhododendrons, azaleas & wintergeeens)
Order	ERICALES (heaths, heathers, azaleas, primroses, loosestrifes and balsams)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Erica mackaiana x tetralix = E. x stuartii is also a member of:
Woody plants - subshrubs (via Ericaceae)
Broadleaved shrubs - broadleaved shrubs (via Ericaceae)
Endomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs - endomycorrhizal or endotrophic mycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs (via Ericaceae)
Endomycorrhizal trees and shrubs - endomycorrhizal or endotrophic mycorrhizal trees and shrubs (via Endomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs)
Broadleaved trees and shrubs - broadleaved trees and shrubs (via Endomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs)
Xylophytes - broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers (via Broadleaved trees and shrubs)
Endomycorrhizal plants - plants that form endomycorrhiza (via Endomycorrhizal trees and shrubs)
Trees and shrubs - trees and shrubs, including conifers (via Endomycorrhizal trees and shrubs)
Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants - trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers (via Broadleaved shrubs)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Nelson, E.C.	2005	Erica mackaiana Bab and Erica x stuartii (Macfarl.) Mast. (Ericaceae): two heathers new to South Kerry (V.C. H1) Ireland	Watsonia Vol 25, Part 4: 414-417.

Erica mackaiana x tetralix = E. x stuartii (a heath) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Erica
(bell heathers)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Erica mackaiana x tetralix = E. x stuartii (a heath)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Erica mackaiana x tetralix = E. x stuartii (a heath)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Erica mackaiana x tetralix = E. x stuartii is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)